Multani mitti also known as ‘Fuller’s Earth’ is a clay like substance, which is rich in minerals. It’s usually white to yellow in color, is odorless and tasteless. It’s composition is as follow:
Hydrated Aluminum silicate
Magnesium Chloride
Calcium Bentonite.
Multani mitti is a blessing for skin and hair. It is a natural cure for acne, scars, oily and dull skin.
It’s cooling and cleansing effect helps remove excess dirt from skin.
Process:
Procurement: The clay is procured from the barmer region of Rajasthan. The pure clay is available around 4-5 feet deep, from the surface.
Grinding: The Pure product is then put into a grinding process, where it gets grind into fine powder form.
Filtering: The next step is to filter out the impurities from the grinded powder. Since most of the powder is used to make the facial paste and the medicinal purpose, it is necessary to remove any stone or hard material from the powder for the final packaging.
Packaging: Finally the filtered powder is packaged and stored for market distribution.
Benefits and Uses:
For skin care, you can use it as a face pack, by mixing it with rose water. This pack is useful in acne, due it’s astringent and antimicrobial properties.
You can also use milk instead of rose water for the face pack, if your skin is dry.
For hair care, you can mix multani mitti with olive oil or coconut oil and use it as hair mask before bathing and rinse it with water. Multani mitti makes hair soft and shinier, also remove dandruff and dryness.